Basket



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BASKET Fi'led Oct. 28, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented. May 1G, 1927.

` UNITED STATES CHARLES R. MORI, OF NEW YORK,y N. Y.

BASKET.

Application filed October 28, 1925. Seria] No. 65,488.

rI`his invention relatesto improvements in utensils and vessels such as baskets, iower vases and similar. containers and has for its object to provide a simple, eiiicient and inexpensive basket made Ifrom a single sheet metal blank which is cut away in accordance with a novelrprinciple whereby to provide variously shaped designs oi? baskets and utensils.

By means of. dies and tools vsheet metal blanks oit properly cnt shapes may be cut progressivelyand bent `so as to shape out various styles of strong yet .light baskets and the like for the purpose ot' providing a container and an under pedestal, the basket being made of open-work, which reduces to a minimum the cost of manufacturing this type ot utensil, while at the same time admitting ot many beautiful designs and atn tractive ornamental shapes being given to these utensils.

`Another object ol the present invention is to provide an inexpensive light yet strong flower vase or fruit basket, ice-cream con# tainer and the like capableof being punched out from sheet metal, with slit portions arranged to be struck out and arranged to pro vide bracing, and sustaining parts for giving outline to a metal basket.

In carrying` out the details ogt construe tion ot the present invention l am able to slit a sheetmetal blank .in such a manner that open-work, iatticed baskets can be pre pared at very small expense,

f Tith the above and other objects .in view my invention consists in the combination, ar angement and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and speciiication, and then more particularly pointed out in the ap pended claims.

In the drawings, wherein similar refer ence characters designate similar parts t-hruout the respective views,

Figure 1 is a top plan View ol a blank from which one type ot basket can be made.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the completed basket,

Figure 3 is basket, i

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the completed basket,

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional elevation of said basket,

a bottom plan view oit the Figure 6 is aside elevation ofl a modied forni oi the present invention,

Figure is a tragmental top plan View of the modified form oli said invention, and

Figure 8 is a bottom plan view ot' the modified form oit the present invention.

The present invention is constructedfrom any desired material such as sheet metal. A sheet metal part is made preferably into Cyy lindrical form; and slits are formed circumferentially thereon to give outline to any desired shape oi arms; in Figure 1 these series ot' 'slits define substantially T-shaped arms, having oppositely extending` terminals '11, 11, and stems 13 having, if desired, enlargements 12; between the radially disposed T- shaped arms are cheeks 10a, joining a band l0 circumscribing the `terminals 11, 11a. The inner ends of arms 11, 1la and 13 terminate into a central disk shaped base 15, the intervening portions between the series ol Tshapedslits being tabs 11i, designed to t'orm the `body of the container of the basket. When the T-shaped arms are pressed out and shaped into integ al parts of the basket slots 18 are formed.A lNhen the tabs'14 are struck out they provide slots 17.

In Operation with the aid of suitable dies, iirstthe T-shaped arms are pressed down` wardly vto provide the legs that extend radially and downwardly :from the horizontall disposed base 15; these legs are the termina s 13, while the cross-pieces 11, '112l arearranged horizontallyv having their ends interconnected such as by clinching one into the other as illustra-ted at 19, to provide a sustaining band. These legs and band provide a pefiiestal oit' a basket or other utensil. The tabs 14 are bent upwardly preferably so as to iiare outwardly, being connected by the cheeks 10a to the larger band 10, and if desired this band 1() rmay have its main body portion scolloped ont as shown in Figure 2, to enhance its ornan'iental appearance.

The slits 16a are formed after bending down the terminals 13 of the T-shaped arms,

while the slots 16 remain after pressing away thereout the enlargements 12 of these T-shaped arms. When all the parts have been arranged as illustrated above there has beer formed a beautiful basket wherein every slit and bent part is employed to provide a container, a bottom therefor, and an under sustaining pedestal, no part of the sheet metal blank having` been wasted. The salient characteristic ot this basket is that it is made very light, yet strong, ornamental, the metal spared from the container proper being utilized to provide the pedestal, so that no extra material is needed to provide this pedestal,

Other designs ot this basket may be proi vided, one ot which styles will now be described. The sheet metal blank preferably cylindrical has the cent-ral disk 2l; the series oit eircum'ferentially disposed radially eX- tending straight spokes or arms Q2, and the interveningl series ot' radial arms 24s which may have intermediate enlargements 23, tor ornamental efiects, these series ot arms radiating from the disk 1. Connected to the arms 22 are cross-pieces 2T, 27, with eentral bosses 2G, tor ornamental eiiiect. 28 designates the band which skirts the arms.

In shaping this blank into a syn'nnetrical basket or other utensil there are provided slots Q4 between the said arms. W' hen the arms 9A are bent upwardly to be connected. lo a continuous skirting Vand reinforcing Athe arms 24, the remaining straight arms 2.2 being bent downwardly to provide a pedestal ot' open-work design and appearance, a basket is produced. The cross-pieces 27, 2 ot the arms 22 are bent into horizontal tabs disposed at an angle to the arms 522, and these cross-pieces are interconnected in any suitable manner such as by elinehing these arms a's at 83, to provide a cylindrical base ,tor supporting the pedestal. When the arms are bent upwardly or downwardly slots 3l., 39. are provided so that the resultant basket is ot open-work design and linish. rlhe dili- 'terenee between the iiorinsliown in Figure "i-5 and Figures (tuti, oit the novel basket is that in the lirst :term the basket rests upon the edge ot the cross-pieces oit the T-shapeil arms; while in the other tigures the basket rests upon an extended base formed by bending these cross-pieces upon then'iselves. And in this second form material is wasted which intervenes between the sets ot arms 22, l elaim all changes coming within the purview of the appended claims.

That I desire to claim and seek protec tion on iszl. A sheet metal basket consisting ot a horizontal base, a' container made ot lattice work integrally termed upon said base, and a pedestal beneath said base also made ot lattice-work formed integrally upon said base.

Q. A sheet metal basket consisting of an impert'orate base, an integral container l'ormed around said base and consisting ot a series ot spaced apart a'rms, and an under pedestal formed integrally upon said base and also consisting ot' a series of spaced apart arms.

nazaire 3. A sheet oi metal eut away to provide a circmnterential series ot radially disposed slits having right angular arms, to provide correspondingly--shaped arms, said arms being bent back to provide a circular container having an impertorate base, and a support beneath said container.

t. A sheet metal blank slit to provide a circumferential series ot T-shaped outstrnck arms, leaving a circumferential series ot tabs, and a circuinscribing ba'nd, said band and tabs being bent to provide an integral contail-ier, said arms l.;eing bent down to provide a supporting pedi-stal tor said container.

5. A sheet metal blank being slit to provide a circumferential series ot separated segmental strips designed to torni aband, and an upsettable rim circumscribing said strips, and also to provide an imperforate disk formed ooneentrieally and Centrally of said rim, with integral means for connecting both bands with said disk, said integral means, the rim and said segmental strips being bent so as to position the rim above said imperforate disk and to position the segmental strips therebelow whereby a container is provide-d above said disk and a support therebelovv.

6. A sheet metal blank being -formed with slits to provide a central imperforate disk, to provide integral radial arms shaped to be bent into a cylindrical basket, said slits also providing integral portions to be bent downwardly for said disk to provide supporting legs.

7. A sheet metal blank being formed with slits extending eireuimterentially to provide an upsettable interrupted band and a rim eireumseribing same, an impertorate disk, and radially disposed arms connecting said rim to said disk, Said. rim and arms integrally bent so as to provide an open-Work basket, and means disposed radially oi said disk and bent, together with said interrupted band beneath said disk to provide a support.

8. A sheet metal blank being 'Formed with a cireumferential series ot slits, each slit delining a T-shaped arm, and ii'itervening bracing portions, ,aid bracing portions being bent upwardly to provide a basket, part ot each Tshaped arm being shaped to provide a rim skirting said bracing portions, said arms being bent downwardly to provide a sustaining pedestal.

9. A sheet metal blank being cnt away with slits to provide a cireiunferential series ot upsettable arms and a rim integrally joining them, a series ot' strips intervening between said arms and rim, also 'formed by said slits, there being an imper'liorate central disk remaining, said disk, arms and rim being arranged to provide a basket, and said strips being shaped to provide means ior supporting said basket.

l0. A sheet metal blank being eut with a lili l lll series of slits, disposed radially from a circular unslit Central base, said slits roviding TshapedA arms, the cross portions of which are designed to be intersecured to provide a shaped band serving as a sustaining base the remaining parts of said arms being bent upwardly from said base to provide a pedestal, while there areportions between said arms bent upwardly from the central base to join the latter to provide a basket.

l1. A sheet metal blank being cut away to provide a central horizontal base, to provide slits defining narrow arms, leaving between the series of arms relatively wider tabs, and

f a continuous band connected to said tabs said tabs and band being shaped to provide a basket, said narrow arms having portlons being interconnected to provide a `sustaining pedestal, while the remaining portions of said arms reinforcing said pedestal.

12. As a new article of manufacture a basket consisting of a horizontally disposed base, a circumferential series of arms bent respectively, and integrally above, and below said base so as to be disposed in staggered relation to one another; angular integral arms formed upon one set of arms below said base, and shaped to provide a support for said base. The adjoining edges of the last mentioned arms being interengaged.

In witness thereof he has hereunto set his hand this 19th day of October, 1925.

CHARLES R. MORI. 

